Questions - New Hampshire Senate - October 27, 2010

1* If the
2010 Election for United
States senate, were held today would you
vote for Republican Kelly Ayotte or Democrat Paul Hodes? (Please note that
we split the survey to rotate the order of the candidate names, so while half
will hear the Republican candidate first, the other half hears the Democrat
mentioned first.)

56% Kelly Ayotte

41% Paul Hodes

2% Some other candidate

1% Not sure

2* I’m
going to read you a short list of people in the News. For each, please let me
know if you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or
very unfavorable impression.

Kelly Ayotte

Paul Hodes

3*A
proposal has been made to repeal the health care bill and stop it from going
into effect. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly
oppose a proposal to repeal the health care bill?

4* Would
it be more accurate to describe Kelly Ayotte’s views
as mainstream or extreme?

5* Would
it be more accurate to describe Paul Hodes’s views as
mainstream or extreme?

6* When it comes to determining how you will vote, which is
most important—the candidate’s position on issues or the candidate’s personal
character?

7* Thinking about this year's elections -
suppose that your vote determined which political party wins control of the
U.S. Senate this year. Would you vote for the Republican Party or the
Democratic Party?

8* How
would you rate your own personal finances these days?

9* Are
your personal finances getting better these days, or worse?

10* Do you consider yourself part of the Tea Party Movement?

11* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing
as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove,
or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

12* How would you rate the job John Lynch has been doing as
Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or
strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?